after the pump at the treatment facility failed. some residents have little or no water in their homes. mississippi s governor declaring a water emergency. until it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale. it means the city cannot produce enough water to fight fires, to reliably flush toilets and to meet other critical needs. the city of jackson has battled water issues for years. let s begin with isabel gonzales with our top story. good morning. good morning to you, erica. this is an emergency. the governor there telling the people of jackson not to drink the water, saying that the water and sewer is on the brink of collapse for 250,000 people. now, the governor was alerted last week that pumps at one of the city s two water treatment plants was damage. then came all of the rainfall and the flooding of the pearl river. that was the straw that broke the camel s back. the water is not safe to drink and little to no water pressure for people in j
final tournament ever. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening those boxes of materials the fbi recovered from mar-a-lago are drawing broad scrutiny both inside and outside the government tonight for items that may not belong, as well as for signs of damage to national security. president trump s lawyers have asked a judge for a set of independent eyes, what s called a special master, to sift through the seized items government lawyers responded today, saying they have already reviewed the materials and separated out items that potentially contain attorney/client privileged information. a judge may decide if it s enough this week. but also tonight, the director of national intelligence has ordered a separate examination of the items identified as classified to determine what damage may have been inflicted by how they were stored and handled. it s where we start tonight with kelly o donnell. reporter: tonight, measuring the mar-a-lago search f
it says a filter team has already gone through the documents and pulled the ones that could potentially contain privileged information. and it says doj has already given back the private documents that are not a part of the investigation like the expired passports swept up in the shirt. legal analysts argue there isn t a need for a special master here. donald trump is not a lawyer. so discovering attorney-client privileged material is not an acute danger. donald trump is not the president of the united states any more, so economic tough privilege does not apply. and the volume of material all things considered isn t overly large for jauj to review themselves. still, judge cannon did wright she had a preliminary intent to grant trump s request. the question is both why and what will happen next if she does? so, as we await that unusual 40-page response from doj, let us understand the variables. julia ainsley, our homeland security correspondent, has also done extensive coverag
toward a civil war. president biden, meanwhile, is expected to address the threat of political violence head on as he hits the road today. the white house says the president will call out the far right for its dangerous rhetoric and challenge the republican claim that it is the party of law and order. we re also following major developments out of ukraine, where officials in kyiv say russian forces are in retreat as ukraine launches a counteroffensive in the south. president zelenskyy says, quote, we will chase them to the border. major news out of ukraine. we ll get to that in a moment. boy, it really is something. and you look at the poll numbers. first of all, fascinating it is joe biden s poll numbers that go up, willie, as democrats seem to be doing far better in the midterm elections than expected. the same group of people, donald trump, lindsey graham, those type of people, who challenged the 2020 election, or with lindsey, went back and forth, back and forth, th
capital. it has been nearly a week now since thousands of residents in jackson, mississippi have been able to have clean tap water. a major water treatment plan began failing last monday after it was damaged by flading, but when will people there finally have clean water to flush their toilets or brush their teeth or take a shower? fema is now saying it s too early to know. where we are focused right now from fema is being able to make sure we can provide and support the mississippi emergency management agency with bringing in safe drinking water, bottled water, supporting their operations, and bringing in our federal partners that can really understand what it s going to take to bring this plant back to full operational capacity. we re providing temporary measures to increase the water pressure so people can flush their toilets and use their faucets. the longer term about how long it s going to take before it s safe to drink, we have more to learn about what it s going to